Betty Parris Hears Only No
        daughter ef the R.everend Parris

No running    no dancing    no wasting of time
No power    no nonsense    opinions    or rage
All of our stitches must march a straight line
No running    no dancing    no wasting of time
Stubbornness ugly    defiance a crime
I dream I've been captured    forced into a cage
No running    no dancing    no wasting of time
No power    no nonsense    opinions    or rage

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from Toward the Hanging Tree
Antrim House
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